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Recommendations for an OBD II scanner?
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Torque app on your phone (free) with a Bluetooth reader (<$10).
Edit: Don't leave this connected all the time. I've seen it cause weird errors if it's always connected. Just use it to read codes, then throw it in the glove box.
Torque is one of those apps that has been so useful over the years, I feel like I should buy it a second time.
This. I've used an ELM scanner and torque for years. It even read info from a 95 Cougar which isnt even fully OBDII compliant.
It's a cheap scanner, and it'll probably rattle apart eventually (I'm on my 3rd). But it's 10 fucking dollars, literally fast food meal money, totally worth it.